Razor strop



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NT @EWQ JAMES l. DOBBINS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

RAZOR STROP.

Application filed November 15, 1921.

To all tf1/10m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES F. Domains, citizen of the United States ofAmerica', residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razor Strops,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to strops for fin ishing the edge on edge toolssuch as razors. Very few users of razors are able to keep the edge ontheir razors, due largely to improper stropping. The strop is often heldso tightly that the strop scarcely touches the real edge at all, whileon the other hand, if the strop is loosely held the strop rounds off theedge and ruins the blade until honed.

The main purpose of my invention is to provide an attachment for theordinan'y razor strop which will enable the average man to maintain theproper curve and tension on all parts of the strop in its relation tothe edge, and which may be sold either separately, or as a part of thestrop.

Referring to the drawings in which what I now consider the preferredforms of my invention are shown;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my attachment as applied to an ordinarystrop.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the attachment shown in Fig. 1 with the partsopen for insertion into a strop.

My attachment preferably comprises a plurality of coiled springs 1 and 2spaced apart a distance slightly greater than or equal to the breadth ofthe average razor strop 3, for the purpose hereinafter described. Saidsprings at their upper ends are fastened to a transverse bar 4, as bythreading the free end of each spring through a pair of apertures 5 and6 in the bar. Said bar may be provided with any suitable means, such aseye 7, for securing it to a fixed hook 8 or thelike. The strop issupported at the free ends of the springs.

In the preferred form of the invention, a second transverse bar 9 issupported at the free ends of the springs, said bar being threadedbetween the two folds or parts 10 and 11 of the strop 3. One end 2() ofsaid bar is shown as pivotally connected to spring 2, as by threading anend of the spring through an aperture 12 in said bar. rIhe other end 21is preferably detachably Serial No. 515,207.

secured to spring 1. For this purpose, I have shown a short slot 13 inthe end of the bar, terminating in an upward extension 14 and adapted tohook over a downwardly extending loop 15, at the end of spring 1. Allthat one need do to apply my improved attachment to a double strop is tounhook, end 21 as shown in Fig. 3, insert bar 9 through the folds of thestrop and rehook the same as shown in Fig. 1. The strop is then readyfor use in the usual manner, but with this great difference in result,i. e., the strop will now yield suiiiciently on downward pressure of therazor to give the correct angle for stropping. At the same time, equaltension on both sides of the strop is maintained, due to the spacedsprings and to the parallelogram design of the attachment, with its tworigid bars 4 and 9.

I am aware that resilient supports for razor strops have beenheretobefore proposed, but heretofore, so far as I am aware, they havefailed -to achieve success, due to their failure to support the strop atmore than one point, or to the employment of rubber, which has but avery short life.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have hereindescribed the principle of operation of my invention, together with theapparatus, which I now consider to represent the best embodimentthereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown isonly illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by othermeans. Also, while it is designed to use the various features andelements in the combination and relations described, some of these maybe altered and others omitted without interfering with the more generalresults outlined, and the invention extends to such use.

Having herein described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is,

1. In a razor strop, the combination with a stropping portion and aresilient hanger for the same comprising a transverse member adapted tobe secured to a support, a pair of spaced springs secured thereto at oneend, and a transverse bar detachably attached to the other end of atleast one of the springs and adapted to be inserted between the folds ofthe stropJ 2. In a razor strop, the combination with t notoh adapted todetaohably engage the a stroppng portion and e resilient hanger lowerend of the other spring, whereby said for the same comprising transversememH har may be inserted between two parte of the l0 ber adapted to hesecured to a, support, a. strop while being attached, 5 plurality ofSprings Secured thereto `at one n testimony whereof l have axed my end,and a transverse bar secured to one of signature. said springs at itslower end and having l JAMES F. DOBBINS.

